Jurie Wessels

Mr Wessels has over 28 years' experience in the exploration industry and co-founded a number of exploration and mining companies, including formerly JSE listed Bauba Resources Ltd (BAU.J), which owned three operating mines, GoldStone Resources Ltd (GRL.L), which is mining the Homase-Akrokeri Gold Mine in Ghana acquired and developed by GoldStone when Jurie was CEO, Arcadia Minerals Ltd (ASX:AM7), which is currently constructing the Swanson Tantalum Mine, the Bitterwasser Lithium Clay and Brine Projects and tier 1 exploration assets, and Vanadium Resources Ltd. Mr Wessels has experience in the sourcing and assessment of exploration and exploitation projects and in the governance, funding and management of resource companies. Mr Wessels explored for minerals in Africa, South America, the Indian sub-continent and Europe, and explored and developed several mining projects to conclusions. Mr Wessels practised as a minerals lawyer up to 2003 and is still admitted as an attorney (non-practising) and a notary of the High Court of South Africa.